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An enquiry into the elementary principles of beauty, in the works of nature and art. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse on taste. By William Thomson.
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THOMSON, William (1726--1798)
An enquiry into the elementary principles of beauty, in the works of nature and art. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse on taste. By William Thomson.
London: printed for J. Johnson, 1798 [i.e. 1799].
xx, xv*, [1], 214, [2] p., [13] pl. ; 27.6 cm. (4º)
Thomson, who was a painter, died just as his book was about to be published. A memoir of his life by W.W. Dakins, dated May 1799, was added to his book which was evidently published in that year. Watermarked 1794. ESTC n51001.
Copy Notes With a marginal note in pencil by Soane on p. 32.
Binding C19th calf, gilt double-rule spine, maroon spine-label, marbled-paper boards. Bound by Edwin Hutchinson for 4s., 24 October 1831. (Archive 7/16/29).
Reference Number 3450
An enquiry into the elementary principles of beauty, in the works of nature and art. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse on taste. By William Thomson.
London: printed for J. Johnson, 1798 [i.e. 1799].
xx, xv*, [1], 214, [2] p., [13] pl. ; 27.6 cm. (4º)
Thomson, who was a painter, died just as his book was about to be published. A memoir of his life by W.W. Dakins, dated May 1799, was added to his book which was evidently published in that year. Watermarked 1794. ESTC n51001.
Copy Notes With a marginal note in pencil by Soane on p. 32.
Binding C19th calf, gilt double-rule spine, maroon spine-label, marbled-paper boards. Bound by Edwin Hutchinson for 4s., 24 October 1831. (Archive 7/16/29).
Reference Number 3450